SIMFEROPOL, November 26. /TASS/. A Crimean court is likely to consider the measure of restraint against detained Ukrainian marines on November 27, a source in the Crimean law-enforcement authority told TASS on Monday.
"Preliminarily, it is going to be tomorrow <...> that the court will consider the measure of restraint against the Ukrainian marines," he added.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on November 25 that the Ukrainian warships Berdyansk, Nikopol and Yany Kapu had violated the Russian state border on Sunday morning and again attempted to carry out illegal maneuvers in Russia’s territorial waters later. The Ukrainian vessels ignored legitimate demands of the Coast Guard of the FSB Border Service and the Black Sea Fleet to immediately halt, and stop performing dangerous maneuvers. A chase involving some gunfire had been used in order to stop the Ukrainian ships, which were detained in the Russian territorial waters. Criminal proceedings are being initiated for violating the state border of the Russian Federation.
The Treaty on the Legal Status of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, signed in 2003, confirmed their status as the domestic waters of Russia and Ukraine. The parties agreed on the joint usage and protection of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and introducing restrictions on vessels belonging to third countries.